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canister::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | canister shot, case shot |
| Type of | ammo, ammunition |
Examples of canister
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The device can then be used to puncture the canister so that it can be recycled.
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I will definitely order a canister for my mother for Valentines Day and my self.
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One canister lasts for two to three hours, and extras can be stored in the base.
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Although we took a bear canister to store food overnight, it felt like overkill.
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A priest summons a professor to an old church to see a canister of liquid Satan.
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A protester returns a gas canister during clashes with security forces in Cairo.
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One canister landed very close to me, rapidly followed by a second and a third.
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This system traps and stores fuel vapor from the tank in the charcoal canister.
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The backpack holds a nitrogen canister to inflate two bags that resemble wings.
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- Case shot: a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
- Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
- A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches); Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top; A special short range antipersonnel ...
- Clan slang for the eugenics program of the warrior caste. It can also refer specifically to the artificial wombs.
- A type of anti personnel cannon load in which lead balls or other loose metallic items were enclosed in a tin or iron shell. On firing the shell would disintegrate releasing the smaller metal objects.
- An evaporative emission canister contains activated charcoal which absorbs fuel vapors and holds them until the vapors can be purged into the engine when it is started. It is a component of the emissions control system.
- Type of protective package used to contain and dispense keying material in punched or printed tape form. [CNSSI] (see also key)
- The cylindrical tin container holding many small iron balls, the whole referred to as case shot. An anti-personnel load which turned a cannon into a giant shotgun.
- The metal receptacle surrounding the waste form that facilitates handling, storage, transportation, and/or disposal. (Transportation System Requirements Document. DOE/RW-0425.)
